WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- Dante Salinas was fired from the Waukegan Police Department in 2020, shortly after being involved in a police shooting.

But about a year earlier, in 2019, he was accused of an aggravated assault during a confrontation with a suspect outside of baptism party in Waukegan.

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Nearly six years ago, Salinas stopped at a Waukegan home, where a couple dozen family members and friends were celebrating, after reportedly hearing loud noise coming from the yard.

That led to a confrontation with Angel Salgado, a man at the party. Prosecutors say the confrontation escalated with Salinas pulling out his gun before switching to his Taser.

Salinas' bodycam shows him firing the Taser at Salgado several times. Prosecutors say

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